47th CBN Senior Tennis Championship : Micheal, Abua, Khadijat Others Cruise Into Semi-finals

With activities marking the on-going 47th edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria Senior Tennis Championship gradually coming to an end, the Semi-final matches in all categories of the championship will come up on Friday, 19 June 2026 at the Tennis Courts of the package ‘B’ of the Moshood Abiola, Stadium, Abuja venue of the Championships.

With the Semi-final fixtures already made available to all concerned, the men’s singles top seed, Abua Canice will be battling it out with Yusuf Abubakar in the first Semi-final while the defending Champion, Emmanuel Micheal seeded 3 in the tournament, will face unseeded Jimoh Joseph in the second semi-finals that will decide who goes into the final on Saturday 20 June, 2026.

In the women’s singles category, top seed, Mohammed Khadijat, will be up against Ogunjobi Success in the first Semi-finals while seed 2, Emmanuel Essien Bright will engage seed 5, Bassey Etoro in the second semi finals.

To get to this stage of the championship, Mohammed Khadijat defeated Godwin Favour, 2-0 ( 6-0, 6-1) while Ogunjobi Success beat Udofia Mary 2-0 as well; 6-2, 6-0.

In the men’s singles wheelchair category, Ajani Idowu defeated Odunuga Pelumi, 2-1 ( 2-4, 5-4 on 2, 10-3 to advance.
In the women’s singles wheelchair division, the defending champion, Usoh Andrea is drawn by alongside top seed, Nwaozuzu Chituru, together with other three players as they will have their first feel later in the day.

The men’s and women’s doubles events are also in the Semi-final stage.

Some of the notable pairings include, the pair of John David and Jimoh Joseph, Akagha Samuel/ Uwandu Charles and the duo of Micheal Emmanuel and Sylvanus Ajano.

We also have Abua Canice and Mohammed Musa rated tops in the men’s double cadre

Prominent pairs in the women’s doubles include, top seeds, Ogunjobi Success and Mohammed Khadijat who are already through to the semi-finals and the 2nd seeds Suwa Nenrot and Omotayo Blessing among others.

Also are the likes of Udofia Mary and Bamidele Abosede, Godwin Favour and Kwange Emmanuella among others.

Meanwhile, tournament seed 2, Adeleye Daniel, who qualified for thursday’s semi-finals, abandoned the championship for international competition in Italy.

He departed Nigeria shores this morning Thursday morning via the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.